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FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

Boulevard Nights

El Cajon Boulevard and 30th Street, also known as The West End, is celebrating its recent resurgence with a neighborhood block party that showcases local artists, filmmakers, a home brewing competition and more.

This popular fair, which usually attracts between 2,000 and 3,000 people, features a docent-led home tour, a guided trolley tour, a walking tour and a self-guided walk-or-bike tour.

With a focus on restoration, there will be exhibit booths and vendors featuring goods, services and expert advice for owners and residents of older houses, including a Save Our Heritage Organization “Ask the Experts” booth. Food, music, kids’ activities, balloon sculptures and face-painting will also help set the scene. (Abby Hamblin)

Celebrate the city’s diverse population at this second annual event featuring art, film, dance, music and storytelling. Throughout the day, you’ll meet and hear stories from refugees about being forced to flee their country and resettle in San Diego. There will be food samples from around the world, and the evening concludes with a screening of “The Kite Runner” at 7 p.m. (reservations recommended via the website).

The nation’s original surfing contest for dogs returns for its seventh year with about 60 canines hoping to catch the perfect wave. The event will benefit the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. (Abby Hamblin)

This free event seeks to be educational while nurturing and cultivating a sense of pride in the richness of African-American history and culture. More than 2,000 people attended last year, and organizers expect that this year will be bigger than ever.

There will be vendors, live entertainment, a kids’ zone, and other fun family activities. (Abby Hamblin)

This festival has all the family-friendly things dads like to do: an amateur barbecue competition, live music, food samples, a two mile walk, even a "man cave." There will also be plenty of activities for kids.

WALK/RUN/OUTDOORS

Philip Rivers 5K

This third annual run/walk raises money for the Rivers of Hope Foundation. The first 1,500 participants receive an autographed Rivers card. After the run there will be live music, food samples a kids area and an autograph booth.

COMEDY

Cheech & Chong

From Tommy Chong's Facebook page:

"Hey man I got cancer...Oh yeah I already said that on cnn..No really I have a slow but annoying cancer that I am treating with cannabis so send me some ok... Cheech and I will be at Harrah's Rincon Valley Center, CA this friday at 9:00pm. hint hint... tc"

FOOD

San Diego Oysterfest

You’ll find more oysters than you can handle at the third annual Oysterfest, happening near Seaport Village.

Sample oysters harvested in waters from British Columbia to Baja California, see cooking demonstrations and learn about oyster farming in California. But the event, which is only for those age 21 and up, isn’t just for seafood lovers.

There will also be plenty of beer, cocktails, DJs and performances by some of San Diego’s most popular local bands, including The Silent Comedy, Iration and Vokab ﻿Company.

On June 24, Kris Kristofferson will perform at the nearly 18,000 Hollywood Bowl as part of a lineup that includes Glen Campbell, Jackson Browne, Dawes and Lucinda Williams. That show will be preceded by six other California concerts, all benefits on behalf of the United Farm Workers. The first of those benefits is here on Friday. (George Varga)